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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk
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as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
the clerk suggested a different brand
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants
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Recent Examples of clerk
In particular, Ann (Micki Jackson) does not accept the explanation offered by police (and planted by Trent), enlisting fellow clerk Bess (Susan Priver) in some amateur sleuthing.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Records from the Cook County clerk’s recordings division show the city filed a lien on the property for unpaid water bills of $9,950 in October 2023.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
The checkout clerks at my local Stop & Shop have all but disappeared.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Records from the Cook County clerk’s recordings division show the city filed a lien on the property for unpaid water bills of $9,950 in October 2023.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
The checkout clerks at my local Stop & Shop have all but disappeared.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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Registrar Lock And Auto-Renewal Immediately enable registrar lock and auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration or unauthorized domain transfers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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But some Republican registrars took them as an insult, and at least one, Lisa Amatruda of Woodbury, walked out.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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Mild-mannered salesman Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy) and his vivacious wife, Cookie (Catherine O’Hara), happily prepare their Norwich Terrier, while shop owner Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest) hopes his Bloodhound wins top prize.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2025
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The film’s synopsis reads: An ordinary couple offer refuge to a Jewish perfume salesman during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, where the challenge of cohabitating with a stranger unfolds in unexpected ways.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2025
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James Weiss, an Episcopal priest and professor of church history at Boston College.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The skeleton showed no major signs of stress, which fits with the lifestyle of a priest who would have performed little to no physical work.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Sevigny played Patrick Bateman’s secretary, Jean, in the 2000 satire, directed by Mary Harron.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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His secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security reportedly will not, for now, recommend doing so, but the potential impact: mobilizing troops to round up immigrants in American neighborhoods.—
Kica Matos,
Time,
2 May 2025
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McBride wrote the premiere’s cold open — in which Elijah murders a preacher while robbing his collection box, then assumes his identity — several years ago.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Opportunistic Congolese politicians and preachers have amplified hate speech against the Congolese Tutsi community, from which most M23 leaders come.—
Jason K. Stearns,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Chinese government has not confirmed who else will be with Mr. He at the meetings or if Wang Xiaohong, China’s minister of public security, who directs its narcotics control commission, will attend.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Tarar, the Pakistani information minister, said that the country’s armed forces have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers in the exchanges along the Line of Control.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Dixon, an administrator with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and a deacon at Second Baptist Church, is seeking a third term.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Peter & Paul parishioners say are flatly false, including an unfounded claim that the deacon has a criminal record and was once sentenced to 30 days in jail.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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